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Teen Birth Rates Back On The Rise

on Monday, 08 February 2010.

Headlines

FOLLOWING DECADE-LONG DECLINE, U.S. TEEN PREGNANCY RATE INCREASES AS BOTH BIRTHS AND ABORTIONS RISE

Gap Between Blacks and Hispanics Has Closed, But Rates Among Both Groups Remain Significantly Higher Than Among Non-Hispanic Whites

For the first time in more than a decade, the nation’s teen pregnancy rate rose 3% in 2006, reflecting increases in teen birth and abortion rates of 4% and 1%, respectively.

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Colorado's Healthy Youth Act, HB07-1292

on Monday, 08 February 2010.

In May 2007, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed into law House Bill 1292, which promotes adolescent health by reducing the risk of pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, among young people through the instruction of science-based sexuality education.

The Healthy Colorado Youth Act (HB1292): Definitions

on Monday, 08 February 2010.

Included in the Healthy Colorado Youth Act (HB1292) are definitions for the core elements of what comprehensive sexuality education means.

Parents: The Best Sex Educators

on Sunday, 07 February 2010.

Fact Sheets

Most people no longer believe the myth that, just because we talk to youth about sex means we're condoning or giving them permission to have sex. We have youth to thank for setting that record straight - study after study have shown that youth who receive science-based comprehensive sexuality education.

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